Durban panchang, 7 July 2024
Sunrise 06:52 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 08:13 Ashadha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:52 to 17:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta 15:46 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:52 – 17:09
- 13:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:09 to 06:52 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 05:02 – 05:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 01:30 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:32 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 22:42
- Karana Balava until 13:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:42 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:30 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:46 – 16:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:42 – 23:54
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:02 – 05:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:52 – 02:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:09 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:35 | Good |
| Char | 20:35 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:52 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:52 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:52 NowMars
- 13:52 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:52 NowVenus
- 22:52 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:52 NowSun
- 04:52 NowVenus
- 05:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:02 – 05:25 Taurus
- 05:25 – 07:29 Gemini
- 07:29 – 09:10 Cancer
- 09:10 – 10:36 Leo
- 10:36 – 12:00 Virgo
- 12:00 – 13:34 Libra
- 13:34 – 15:29 Scorpio
- 15:29 – 17:44 Sagittarius
- 17:44 – 20:05 Capricorn
- 20:05 – 22:24 Aquarius
- 22:24 – 00:41 next day Pisces
- 00:41 – 03:02 next day Aries
- 03:02 – 05:21 next day Taurus
- 05:21 – 06:52 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method